Box 1
Contains 26 Results:
Russell family correspondence, 1800-1815, n.d.
The Howlands and Russell families were inter-married New Bedford whaling families.
Shearman, Hepsa H. H. to her brother Parson Howland, 1834
1 ALS sent from Poughkeepsie to her brother in New Bedford, MA. She writes that she regrets that she missed saying goodbye to him as her family moved to Poughkeepsie.
Shearman, Hepsa H. H. Shearman to her mother Hepsa H. Howland, 1834-1849, n.d.
10 ALsS. She writes as she is settling in Poughkeepsie with family and Quaker meetings news. Smallpox afflicts the family in 1843, and her husband left on voyage. 1849 mentions the difficulties of being a sailor's wife,. Son Joseph has chosen the same career and is sailing with his father. Outbreak of cholera which they attribute to intemperance and not food or water.
Shearman, Hepsa H.H. and David Shearman to sons Abraham and Henry F., 1846 - 1853
ALsS to Abraham and 1 ALS, undated, to young son Henry Franklin ("Frank"). Family news and advice to their son at school.
Shearman, Hepsa H. H. to Mary Eliza Shearman, 1868 - 1873
Written bBefore her daughter's marriage to Thomas Kimber. Family and meeting news.
Shearman, Hepsa H. H. to Mary Eliza Shearman Kimber, 1874 - 1879
She mMentions attending Quarterly Meeting where Samuel Emblen spoke for 3-1/2 hours, "it could have been transacted in less than half the time."
Shearman, Hepsa H. H. to Mary Eliza Shearman Kimber, 1880 - 1891
Final letter mentions that she looks forward to being with her two daughters.
Shearman, Hepsa H. H. Shearman to Alice Delano Shearman, 1867
ALsS to daughter Alice Delano Shearman (1840-)
Hepsa H. H. Shearman business, 1852 - 1871
After death of her husband, mostly business
Shearman, Joseph Tucker to Hepsa and family, 1848 - 1882
Joseph (1834-1894) worked as a mariner and then settled in business in Stroudsburg, Pa, and later in Ohio and Kentucky. He married Anna Matlack under the care of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of the Northern District in 1879.
